Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Using the Quality Caring Model, demonstrates acceptable performance and applies the nursing process to plan and manage the care of routine patients in the Intermediate Care Unit, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning.
Effectively communicates fundamental patient/family information to the health care team. Identifies and communicates variances from patient goals. Responsible for providing and coordinating interdisciplinary patient care utilizing the nursing process.

Unit Description:

This 30-bed unit provides care for high-acuity patients across a wide spectrum of complex specialties. Comorbidities are diverse and patients often require cardiac telemetry monitoring and/or mechanical ventilator support.

• Full-time rotating day/night shift schedule (7am – 7pm or 7 pm – 7 am).
• Reporting to the Director of 3 South/Intermediate Care Unit.
• Unit equipped with two negative pressure rooms and patient lift assist equipment in all rooms.
• On-site Nurse educator.
• Acute/Critical Care course for nurses who are new to the acute, in-patient population.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support patient-centered continuum of care.
• Ability to communicate variances from patient goals and advocate on behalf of patient.
• Maintain accurate and timely healthcare records.
• Administer medications to patients, provide education and monitor for efficacy and side effects.
• Assess, monitor, report and record patient condition and pertinent changes.
• Design, implement and evaluate patient nursing care plans with healthcare team.
• Educates patients and family throughout stay and in preparation for discharge.

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